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  • Trump attacks Michael Cohen over ‘Playboy model payment tape’

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    President Donald Trump has condemned his former lawyer Michael Cohen amid US media reports that he secretly recorded Mr Trump discussing payments to a former Playboy model. The tapes were reportedly discovered during an FBI raid on Mr Cohen’s property earlier this year in New York. Mr Trump tweeted that such a raid was “almost […]

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  • Aide To French President Emmanuel Macron Allegedly Beats Protester On Video

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    Alexandre Benalla has handled security for Macron before and after he won the presidency. An aide to French President Emmanuel Macron is being investigated after he was named as the man in a video beating a demonstrator during France’s May Day protests. In the video, Alexandre Benalla, an assistant to Macron’s chief of staff, first appears […]

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  • Popular Culture and Putin’s Legitimacy

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    WASHINGTON, DC: The analytical tools of political science, which variously describe the Russian regime as undemocratic, illiberal, authoritarian or patronal, fall short of providing an understanding of legitimacy mechanisms at work in the Russian society. Popular culture, often seen as reflecting the values of the overarching political system, can also be an engineer of ideological […]

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  • Grab your cameras and capture the blood moon

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    On 27 July 2018, South Africans can bear witness to a total lunar eclipse, as the earth’s shadow completely covers the moon. Also known as a blood or red moon, a total lunar eclipse is the most dramatic of all lunar eclipses and presents an exciting photographic opportunity for any aspiring photographer or would-be astronomers. […]

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  • Now is the perfect time to play World of Warcraft

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    New, old or returning, World of Warcraft is perfect for hardcore and casual RPG players World of Warcraft came out in 2004, almost 14 years ago. With Battle for Azeroth releasing in less than a month, the MMO is about to receive its seventh major expansion. Millions of players have loved World of Warcraft at one time in their life, only to […]

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  • CBD Beauty Products Are Trending. Here’s What You Need to Know

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    CBD is majorly trending. Formally known as Cannabidiol, CBD is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the marijuana plant that doesn’t have any intoxicating or euphoric effects. We’ve seen it in drinks and chocolate bars, and recently we’ve been seeing it in lots of beauty products. Why? There haven’t been a ton of studies on the topic, but CBD […]

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  • In a First, UK Police Seize Cannabis Grower’s Bitcoins Worth $1.6 Million

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    Among the many potential roles that bitcoin could play in society, it is hard to imagine plugging holes in police budgets being one of them. Until now. Surrey Police have become the first law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom to convert bitcoins that were seized from a drug dealer into British pounds, a portion of which […]

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  • Why CEOs of Circle, Coinbase, and Major Crypto Firms are Bullish on Ethereum

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    Executives and operators of major crypto conglomerates, valued at many billions of dollars, have been more optimistic towards Ethereum than bitcoin, the most dominant cryptocurrency in the global market, as of late. Throughout the past year, Circle, the $3 billion cryptocurrency exchange and payments platform, and Coinbase, the $8 billion cryptocurrency brokerage company which also remains as […]

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  • Interactive whiteboards push into new areas

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    By Dave Nixon Interactive whiteboards — a technology that allows files to be projected onto a screen where they can be moved around and annotated by multiple users — has expanded to more use cases in recent years, and could even be used with kiosks, according to some observers. Interactive whiteboards are used for collaborative planning by businesses and […]

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  • 5 Social Media Trends CMOs Need To Keep Their Eyes On

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    CMOs need to possess a wide range of skill sets in order to be effective. Okay, that ends the ridiculously-obvious portion of our show. The fact is it’s no longer enough to be a Madison Avenue creative thinker who doesn’t know the ins and outs of social media, or understand the power of high-converting digital […]

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